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English speaking nations have had a dominant position in world affairs for several centuries. In the past, it was the British Empire which was a superpower on the globe. In modern times, the United States assumed that role. Not only was political power existent, but so was the trade power born out of that (trade being important to language since you tend to know the language of the people you're buying and selling with). As a result of that, English is a widely used language and one widely known as a secondary language for many people in many nations.

The challenge here is to engineer history so that by the modern day, most of the nations of the world speak English as their first language.
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